Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
  
Czech Republic, European Union
  
National Language
India
  
Czech Republic
  
Second Language
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Israel, Mauritius
  
Austria, Croatia, Germany, Slovakia
  
Regulated By
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
  
Institute of the Czech Language
  
Interesting Facts
- Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
- Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
  
- The Czech language was known as Bohemian as early at 19th century.
- In czech language, there are many words that do not contain vowels.
  
Similar To
Konkani Language
  
Polish, Slovak and Sorbian
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Czech-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
  
ahoj
  
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
děkuji
  
How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
  
Jak se máš?
  
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
  
dobrou noc
  
Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
  
dobrý večer
  
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
  
dobré odpoledne
  
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
  
dobré ráno
  
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
prosím
  
Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
  
litovat
  
Bye
बाय (Bāya)
  
sbohem
  
I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
  
Miluji tě
  
Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
  
promiňte
  
Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
  
Chod
  
Where They Speak
Kokan
  
Chodsko, Bohemia
  
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00
  
23
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Varhadi
  
Lach
  
Where They Speak
Vidarbha
  
Czech Silesia, Hlucin, Northeast Moravia
  
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00
  
12
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Khandeshi
  
Moravian
  
Where They Speak
Khandesh
  
Czech Republic, Czech Silesia, Moravia, Slovakia
  
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00
  
15
How Many People Speak?
71.00 million
  
25
11.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
68.00 million
  
16
11.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million
  
32
Not Available
  
Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
  
čeština / český jazyk
  
Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
  
Bohemian, Cestina
  
French Name
marathe
  
tchèque
  
German Name
Marathi
  
Tschechisch
  
Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Marathi people
  
Czechs
  
Origin
10th century
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Indic
  
Western
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
  
Proto-Czech, Old Czech
  
Standard Forms
Marathi
  
Standard Czech
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Czech Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mr
  
cs
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mar
  
ces
  
ISO 639 2/B
mar
  
cze
  
ISO 639 3
mar
  
ces
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mara1378
  
czec1258
  
Linguasphere
omr
  
53-AAA-da
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic